Abstract
Innovative mathematician or representative of a tradition? Although Leonardo Fibonacci is considered one of the most important exponents of medieval mathematics, his originality, his expertise in knowledge originating from Arab and Latin environments, and his influence on the medieval Italian writings on the abbaco remain controversial.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Primary Literature
Boncompagni, B. 1857/1862. Scritti di Leonardo Pisano. Matematico del secolo decimoterzo, 2 vols. Tip. delle Scienze Matematiche e Fisiche, Roma.
Hughes, B. 2008. Fibonacci’s “De Practica Geometrie”. New York: Springer.
Sigler, L. 1987. The book of squares. An annotated translation into modern English. Boston: Academic.
Sigler, L. 2002. Fibonacci’s Liber abaci. A translation into modern English of Leonardo Pisano’s book of calculation. New York: Springer.
Secondary Literature
Burnett, Ch. Leonard of Pisa (Fibonacci) and Arabic Arithmetic. http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/leonard-pisa-fibonacci-and-arabic-arithmetic (28.02.2018)
Germano, G. (ed.). 2013. Studies on Fibonacci’s Liber abaci. Reti Medievali 14(2): 153–239.
Giusti, E. and R. Petti. (eds.). 2002. Un Ponte sul Mediterraneo. Leonardo Pisano, la scienza araba e la rinascita della matematica in Occidente. Polistampa, Firenze.
Leonardo Fibonacci: Matematica e società nel mediterraneo nel secolo XIII, 2 vols. (2003, 2, and 2004, 1, of Bollettino di storia delle scienze matematiche) 23/24: 2005. Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali, Pisa-Roma.
Vogel, K. 2008. Art. Leonardo Fibonacci, or Leonardo of Pisa. In Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 4, 604–613. Charles Scribner's Sons, Detroit. Gale Virtual Reference Library. http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2830901418/GVRL?u=mpi_vb&sid=GVRL&xid=396bd2d8 (28.02.2018).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Section Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this entry
Cite this entry
Peters, G. (2018). Fibonacci, Leonardo. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_63-3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_63-3
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-02848-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-02848-4
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Religion and PhilosophyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Humanities
Publish with us
Chapter history
-
Latest
Fibonacci, Leonardo- Published:
- 30 March 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_63-3
-
Fibonacci, Leonardo
- Published:
- 12 May 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_63-2
-
Original
Fibonacci, Leonardo- Published:
- 26 November 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_63-1